Language Policy in Federal and Devolved Countries : recognition, inclusion and current issues F. Leslie Seidle [Recurso electrónico]
Por: Seidle, F. Leslie.
Tipo de material: TextoSeries Occasional paper 66.Editor: Ottawa, Ontario (Canada) : Forum of Federations , 2023Descripción: 30 p.Tema(s): Política lingüística | Federalismo | DescentralizaciónRecursos en línea: DESCARGAR DOCUMENTO Resumen: Language is a highly significant marker of individual and collective identities. It often provides an impulse for national or community affirmation and claims to self-government. Provisions to recognize and accommodate linguistic differences can be particularly salient in federations, many of which have highly diverse populations. Indeed, in quite a few cases linguistic diversity was one of the key reasons why federalism was central to a country’s founding framework or the result of its constitutional evolution. Several federal countries have designated more than one language as official (or national) languages in the federal constitution and/or legislation. In turn, the constituent units (states, provinces, etc.) may accord a similar status to one or more languages. The different designations are not merely symbolic: they usually require or lead to policies, programs and other measures to govern language use. In some nonfederal states where more than one language is spoken, a measure of authority over language policy has sometimes been devolved to regional governments (or the equivalent).Biblioteca actual | Signatura | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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Biblioteca Central del Ministerio de la Presidencia Recurso electrónico | En línea | No para préstamo |
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Language is a highly significant marker of individual and collective identities. It often provides an impulse for national or community affirmation and claims to self-government. Provisions to recognize and accommodate linguistic differences can be particularly salient in federations, many of which have highly diverse populations. Indeed, in quite a few cases linguistic diversity was one of the key reasons why federalism was central to a country’s founding framework or the result of its constitutional evolution.
Several federal countries have designated more than one language as official (or national) languages in the federal constitution and/or legislation. In turn, the constituent units (states, provinces, etc.) may accord a similar status to one or more languages. The different designations are not merely symbolic: they usually require or lead to policies, programs and other measures to govern language use. In some nonfederal states where more than one language is spoken, a measure of authority over language policy has sometimes been devolved to regional governments (or the equivalent).